To the stories that you have told, including the story of veronicas family. Very moving. If i were a justice, the commitment i would make to you and to all people affected by follows is that i would the law as you enacted it, and i have no agenda. I would not be coming in with any agenda. I would do equal justice under the law for all, and not try to force or disrupt in any way the quality choices that you and your colleagues have adopted. Sen. Hirono so are you saying that the impact of the Affordable Care act on the millions of people who rely upon it, that you would deem to be policy considerations that we should address . Sen. Hirono senator, i think that you choose the law and you have structured the Affordable Care act. You set the policies. And i think when a court has to interpret those statutes or decide how it applies in a Certain Circumstance, the court looks to traditional legal materials, looks to the briefs, listens to the real world impacts on the litigants before the co
Confirmation hearings. This portion included hearings from senators kamala harris, john kennedy and marsha blackburn. I apologize. Senator harris, is she available . Harris. There you are. We see you. Can you Say Something . Can you hear me, senator . Sen harris yes i can. Great. The floor is yours. Sen harris thank you. I want to extend greetings to judge barrett. I look forward to our conversation this evening. Judge barrett thank you, senator. Sen harris before i begin, i want to take a moment to talk directly to the American People. About where we are and how we got here. We are in the middle of a deadly pandemic that has hit our country harder than any other country in the world. More than 215,000 of our fellow americans have died. Millions more, including the president , republican members of this committee, and more than 100 frontline workers here at the capitol complex have been infected. This pandemic has led to a crash, causingic millions of workers to lose their jobs without
We extend a special welcome to our witnesses and thank them for appearing. Remotely all appear this morning. Commissioner noah phillips, commissioner Christine Wilson and rebecca slaughter. This agency was established in 1914 by the federal trade commission act. The fcc is chiefly responsible for protecting consumers from unfair, fraudulent Business Practices in the marketplace, including protecting Consumer Privacy and the security of their data, preventing harmful uses of technology and combating deceptive advertising and illegal robo calls, among other issues. The fcc is also responsible for educating consumers about fraudulent activity and theatory business practice fcc is intended to help prevent americans from falling victim to frauds fraudsters and other actors. Recently discussed, the subcommittee hearing on covid19 scams last month, coronavirus becauseted a new avenue of stayathome orders, a prime target for exploitation. I appreciate the ongoing efforts to protect consumers f
last year, congress passed the largest infrastructure bill in u.s. history. this legislation will make successful investments and hard infrastructure such as roads, bridges, pipelines and broadband and i will say that members of this committee and members of the senate worked day in and day out with sec. buttigieg and other members of the cabinet and the administration on specific provisions of this legislation as we hammered out the specifics. the historic package it was crafted to reflect bipartisan agreement among members of the committee. it will be crucial in determining if americans will see its benefits. the white house and the department of transportation are responsible of implementing this law as it is written. so far, that has not been the case always. sent expressing deep concern. madam chair, i will like to enter into the record, an opinion piece by the head editorial how to kill american infrastructure on this line. basically, let me quote. if i migh
last year, congress passed the largest infrastructure bill in u.s. history. this legislation will make successful investments and hard infrastructure such as roads, bridges, pipelines and broadband and i will say that members of this committee and members of the senate worked day in and day out with sec. buttigieg and other members of the cabinet and the administration on specific provisions of this legislation as we hammered out the specifics. the historic package it was crafted to reflect bipartisan agreement among members of the committee. it will be crucial in determining if americans will see its benefits. the white house and the department of transportation are responsible of implementing this law as it is written. so far, that has not been the case always. sent expressing deep concern. madam chair, i will like to enter into the record, an opinion piece by the head editorial how to kill american infrastructure on this line. basically, let me quote. if i migh